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The table below looks at the demand for the Senior J2EE Developer role in IT contracts within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior J2EE Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Senior J2EE Developer
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank463548
Rank change on same period last yearUp+85
Matching contract IT job ads8583
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.121 %0.084 %
As % of the category below0.146 %0.098 %
Daily rates quoted3929
Average minimum daily rate£386£373
Average daily rate£447£400
% change on same period last year+11.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£509£426
UK excluding London average daily rate£413£381
% change on same period last year+8.19 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£50.00
Average hourly rate-£50.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£50.00
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching contract IT job ads5817584697
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled82.67 %85.54 %
Daily rates quoted1935726249
Average minimum daily rate£374£390
Average daily rate£400£415
% change on same period last year-3.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£426£439
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted52787537
Average minimum hourly rate£22.52£23.88
Average hourly rate£24.06£25.46
% change on same period last year-5.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.60£27.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.18
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Senior J2EE Developer UKSenior J2EE Developer
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Senior J2EE Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Senior J2EE Developer across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Senior J2EE Developer Demand Trend

Senior J2EE Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Senior J2EE Developer across the England region.

England Senior J2EE Developer Daily Rate Trend

Senior J2EE Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior J2EE Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England Senior J2EE Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Senior J2EE Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Senior J2EE Developer across the England region.

England Senior J2EE Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Senior J2EE Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior J2EE Developer within the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+9460£451+11.12 %
South EastUp+4714£400+6.66 %
North WestUp+144£400+33.33 %
West MidlandsUp+113--
North EastNew entry-2--
East MidlandsUp+21£450-
YorkshireUp+71£400-
East of EnglandUp+291--
Senior J2EE Developer UKSenior J2EE Developer
UK

Senior J2EE Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Senior J2EE Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Senior J2EE Developer in their job title.

1127 (100.00 %)J2EE
2114 (89.76 %)Java
393 (73.23 %)Spring
393 (73.23 %)Hibernate
465 (51.18 %)Oracle
558 (45.67 %)Struts
656 (44.09 %)Eclipse
748 (37.80 %)JBoss
748 (37.80 %)JSP
837 (29.13 %)WebLogic
837 (29.13 %)MySQL
935 (27.56 %)Ant
1032 (25.20 %)OO
1129 (22.83 %)XML
1226 (20.47 %)Agile Software Development
1323 (18.11 %)Telecoms
1420 (15.75 %)UML
1517 (13.39 %)WebServices
1517 (13.39 %)Finance
1616 (12.60 %)Degree
1616 (12.60 %)Swing
1715 (11.81 %)Pair Programming
1814 (11.02 %)Banking
1913 (10.24 %)E-Commerce
1913 (10.24 %)Servlets
1913 (10.24 %)EJB
1913 (10.24 %)HTML
2012 (9.449 %)SQL
2012 (9.449 %)Tomcat
2111 (8.661 %)SQL Server

Senior J2EE Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Senior J2EE Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Senior J2EE Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1127 (100.00 %)J2EE
293 (73.23 %)Hibernate
293 (73.23 %)Spring
358 (45.67 %)Struts
448 (37.80 %)JSP
529 (22.83 %)XML
617 (13.39 %)WebServices
716 (12.60 %)Swing
813 (10.24 %)Servlets
813 (10.24 %)EJB
813 (10.24 %)HTML
911 (8.661 %)MVC
107 (5.512 %)WebWork
107 (5.512 %)AJAX
107 (5.512 %)JDBC
116 (4.724 %)CSS
116 (4.724 %)SOAP
116 (4.724 %)Java EE
125 (3.937 %)WebSphere
125 (3.937 %)Spring MVC
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
148 (37.80 %)JBoss
237 (29.13 %)WebLogic
312 (9.449 %)Tomcat
410 (7.874 %)Apache
53 (2.362 %)WebSphere Application Server
53 (2.362 %)Oracle Application Server
61 (0.787 %)IBM HTTP Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (1.575 %)HTTP
21 (0.787 %)LDAP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
137 (29.13 %)MySQL
211 (8.661 %)SQL Server
33 (2.362 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (2.362 %)OLAP
41 (0.787 %)Crystal Reports
41 (0.787 %)TOAD
41 (0.787 %)Oracle 10g
41 (0.787 %)DB2
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
156 (44.09 %)Eclipse
235 (27.56 %)Ant
310 (7.874 %)JUnit
45 (3.937 %)MSI
54 (3.150 %)Subversion
62 (1.575 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
71 (0.787 %)Log4j
71 (0.787 %)Flash
71 (0.787 %)JDeveloper
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
123 (18.11 %)Telecoms
217 (13.39 %)Finance
314 (11.02 %)Banking
49 (7.087 %)Retail
55 (3.937 %)Manufacturing
64 (3.150 %)Back Office
73 (2.362 %)Games
82 (1.575 %)Publishing
82 (1.575 %)Investment Banking
82 (1.575 %)Insurance
82 (1.575 %)Pensions
82 (1.575 %)Financial Institution
82 (1.575 %)Automotive
82 (1.575 %)Government
91 (0.787 %)Health
91 (0.787 %)Legal
91 (0.787 %)Front Office
91 (0.787 %)Pharmaceutical
91 (0.787 %)Corporate Banking
91 (0.787 %)Online Games
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (8.661 %)Social Network
22 (1.575 %)Credit Risk
22 (1.575 %)Multithreading
22 (1.575 %)French Language
22 (1.575 %)Spread Betting
22 (1.575 %)Computer Science
31 (0.787 %)Dutch Language
31 (0.787 %)N-Tier
31 (0.787 %)Web 2.0
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (8.661 %)UNIX
24 (3.150 %)Linux
33 (2.362 %)Red Hat Linux
33 (2.362 %)Solaris
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
132 (25.20 %)OO
226 (20.47 %)Agile Software Development
320 (15.75 %)UML
415 (11.81 %)Pair Programming
513 (10.24 %)E-Commerce
67 (5.512 %)SOA
76 (4.724 %)OOD
76 (4.724 %)OOP
76 (4.724 %)OOA/OOD
85 (3.937 %)Web Development
85 (3.937 %)Unit Testing
94 (3.150 %)Integration Testing
94 (3.150 %)RAD
103 (2.362 %)Validation
103 (2.362 %)Extreme Programming
112 (1.575 %)Resource Management
112 (1.575 %)Security Cleared
121 (0.787 %)Investment Management
121 (0.787 %)Software Engineering
121 (0.787 %)Systems Analysis
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1114 (89.76 %)Java
212 (9.449 %)SQL
36 (4.724 %)JavaScript
36 (4.724 %)PL/SQL
43 (2.362 %)C++
43 (2.362 %)DHTML
51 (0.787 %)Shell Script
51 (0.787 %)C
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
116 (12.60 %)Degree
24 (3.150 %)Sun Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.787 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
165 (51.18 %)Oracle
24 (3.150 %)Sun
33 (2.362 %)BEA
33 (2.362 %)IBM
33 (2.362 %)Red Hat
42 (1.575 %)Sybase
42 (1.575 %)Chordiant
51 (0.787 %)ILOG